摘要:
Method and Machine for knitting garments having legs and a body portion. A circular knitting machine for simultaneously making several pairs of tights and the like, with two tubular legs and a body portion having a front and a back, comprises a movable unit carrying a cylinder (1) with a circle of cylinder needles (14) and a plate (30) carrying an adjacent circle of plate needles (38). The movable unit moves with alternating rotary movement relative to several thread guides (50) disposed around the circles of needles. In order to make several garments simultaneously, the circles are divided into as many arcuate groups of needles as there are garments. Each arcuate group is divided into two equal sub-groups separated by a middle group. The needles of each group are automatically brought into operation in a sequence to knit the toes and legs (on the sub-groups), then the crotch (using the middle group as well), then the body (still using two threads, one for the left-hand and one for the linked right-hand side).
摘要:
For controlling selection of needles, intermediate jacks or pattern jacks in a circular knitting machine there is provided a stepwise advanced pattern drum (5) selectively acting on selection slides (3) which interfere with butts of needles, intermediate jacks or pattern jacks. The drum (5) is advanced by a pawl (10) pivoted to a rocking lever (11) controlled by a cam (12) the axis whereof is different from the axis of the needle cylinder (1). The cam (12) is rotated at a speed timed to that of the needle cylinder (1). The cam (12) has two different profiles (12a, 12b) at different heights for acting on said lever (11) and may be provided with additional superposed profiles (21) for action on the selection slides (3) through respective three-arm levers (8).
摘要:
The invention relates to a needle selection mechanism for a circular knitting machine having knitting needles (14) supported for vertical movement in grooves (13) in a needle cylinder (11), and control cams (15) for moving the needles selectively between knitting, tucking, and welting positions. Spring jacks (20) are supported for vertical movement in the grooves (13) of the needle cylinder below the needles (14) and are operable to move selectively the needles into position for the control cam to move the selected needles from the welting position to the knitting or tucking position and to return the needle to the welting position. Jack actuating cams (31) are provided for moving selectively the spring jacks (20) upwardly to move the needles into operative position with respect to the control cam (15). The spring jacks are resilient and are adapted to be deflected from an active position in operative association with the actuating cam to an inactive position out of operative association therewith. A pattern mechanism (50) is provided for selecting individual spring jacks in accordance with a predetermined pattern. A selector jack (41) is adapted to be mounted in each groove (13) in the needle cylinder (11) below the spring jack (20) therein for limited inward and outward movement and with an upper end portion (42) in operative engagement with a lower end portion (26) of the spring jack (20). A stack of selector slides (51, 53, 54) is operatively associated with the pattern mechanism (50), and with each of the selector slides (53, 54) being mounted for individual movement from inactive positions to active positions. The selector slides have inner end portions (55, 56) positioned in the path of the selector jacks (41) as they move with the needle cylinder when the slides are in their active position, the inner end portions of the slides having an inwardly inclined portion (60, 61) for moving the selector jacks inwardly, a horizontal portion (62, 63) for maintaining the selector jacks in the innermost position for a predetermined time interval, and an outwardly inclined portion (64, 65) for controlling outward movement of the selector jacks and thereby the return of the spring jacks to their active positions while avoiding impact shock or vibration.
摘要:
Method and Machine for knitting garments having legs and a body portion. A circular knitting machine for simultaneously making several pairs of tights and the like, with two tubular legs and a body portion having a front and a back, comprises a movable unit carrying a cylinder (1) with a circle of cylinder needles (14) and a plate (30) carrying an adjacent circle of plate needles (38). The movable unit moves with alternating rotary movement relative to several thread guides (50) disposed around the circles of needles. In order to make several garments simultaneously, the circles are divided into as many arcuate groups of needles as there are garments. Each arcuate group is divided into two equal sub-groups separated by a middle group. The needles of each group are automatically brought into operation in a sequence to knit the toes and legs (on the sub-groups), then the crotch (using the middle group as well), then the body (still using two threads, one for the left-hand and one for the linked right-hand side).